This blog was created by the Purdue Beef Team as an educational forum for beef producers and Extension educators. It includes timely news, issues, and management tips that have the potential to affect the beef business and decision-making process. Opinions expressed in the news clips do not necessarily represent those of Purdue University or the beef industry.

What Cap-and-Trade means for Agriculture

This bill supposedly combats global warming by setting strict limits on carbon dioxide emissions in the United States and requiring businesses to purchase "allowances" for their emissions, and in doing so it imposes enormous taxes and restrictions on energy use – placing an especially heavy burden on rural America and our nation’s agriculture producers.